Japanese destroyer Tachikaze (1921)
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For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Tachikaze.
Tachikaze (太刀風, Sword Wind)[1] was a Minekaze-class destroyer, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy immediately following World War I. Advanced for their time, these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, but were considered obsolescent by the start of the Pacific War.
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Tachikaze on speed trials off Maizuru, 1921 | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Tachikaze |
Ordered | fiscal 1918 |
Builder | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
Laid down | 18 August 1920 |
Launched | 31 March 1921 |
Commissioned | 5 December 1921 |
Stricken | 31 March 1944 |
Fate | Sunk in action, 17 February 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Minekaze-class destroyer |
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Beam | 8.92 m (29.3 ft) |
Draught | 2.79 m (9.2 ft) |
Propulsion | 2-shaft Mitsubishi-Parsons geared turbines, 4 boilers 38,500 ihp (28,700 kW) |
Speed | 39 knots (72 km/h) |
Range | 3,600 nautical miles (6,700 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
Complement | 154 |
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